The authorities in Memphis, Tennessee, have released video showing the assault that caused the death of Tire Nichols, a 29-year-old young man, on January 10. The police officers have been fired and prosecuted for murder.
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numerous protests took place this Friday throughout the US territory after the authorities of Memphisin the state of Tennessee, made the video that shows the attack by five police officers on Tire Nicholsa 29-year-old African American who died on January 10 from injuries inflicted by officers.
The video, released by the Memphis Police Department, shows five officers, also African Americans, beating the young man with a stick Y electrocute him with a taser after apprehending him for an alleged traffic violation.
The five agents have been prosecuted by one murder crime. Tire Nichols died three days after the assault at a Memphis hospital from injuries sustained by officers.
The cities of Memphis, Chicago, Boston, Washington or New York, among other things, they have been the scene of protests in recent hours and several more demonstrations are expected to be held in the United States this weekend.
In Chicago, protesters have taken to the streets despite freezing temperatures chanting “the murderous police must go” and in New York, protesters have taken to Union Square, Grand Central and the Plaza Times Square, where protests have been very violent. Protesters hit several police vehicles and several arrests were made. And in Whasington, protesters have gathered in front of the White House.
Protest in Boston. Photo: EFE
For his part, the President of the United States, Joe Biden, has expressed being “deeply hurt” after seeing the video: “I was outraged and deeply hurt when I saw the horrible video of the beating that caused Nichols’ death,” the president said. Biden called Nichols’ parents on Friday to express his condolences.
The trial of the five police officers takes place in the middle of the social debate about police brutality against black people, especially since the murder of police officers from George Floyd in May 2020 in Minneapolis, after which the protest movement known as “Black lives matter‘.
The US police have been singled out by human rights organizations for use disproportionate force against the black population in the country.
According to the organization Mapping Police Violence, nearly a third of all people killed by police in the US in 2021 were African Americans, despite making up only 13% of the country’s population.
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